Sure enough, after plotting out pedigrees for the crosses where
I hadenough info to do it, I discovered that one of them (BEAUTIFUL
SURPRISE)goes back to Elmohr twice on the momma's side
(ELMOHR->MOHRVELVET->MEXICAN VELVET->BAMBOO CURTAIN ->
BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE and ELMOHR-> NOMOHR ->HAPPY HOLIDAY -> COPPER
CAPERS-> BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE). Somaybe the only surviving
seedlings here from that particular cross werethe ones with little aril
toadstool rhizomes.

The other cross involved PRETTY LADY and TOMORROW'S
CHILD. I didn't seeanything arilbred in the family tree of either of them,
but who knowswhat's in some of the dead ends.

Probably nobody but
Barb Johnson is interested in this, but after goingto all that work I
wanted to tell SOMEBODY. <G>

Linda Mann east Tennessee
USAwith all my irises finally in the ground, including the new
seeds.